Tile.



PATENTED OCT. 29, 1907.

H. HAUGH.

TILE.

nrmon'lon FILED 0012s. 1905.

HARRY HAUGH, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application led October 28, 1905. Serial N01 284,832.

To all uilzoiii `it lmay conce/"ii:

Be it known that I, 11h-teni' Huron, :t citizen of the United States, residing at Anderson7 in the county ol' Madison and Stute ot Indien-ay have invented certain new und useiul Improvements in Tiles, ol' which the following; is n specitiention.

Plain backed tile are ditlicult to set so :is to adhere etliciently to walls, especially where used as wninscoting. lt hits frequently been proposed to nntke such tile with keyed or dove-teil groeved bricks, for the purpose ol' causing them to adhere better. When dovetnil shaped grooves ure l'ormed in the centrnl portions et' the bucks ol tiles, however, there is n ditliculty in embedding' them properly in the cement because ol the tendency to cause nir pockets into which the cement cannot be forced by the ordinary methods of setting tile.

.lt is the object of my proscrit invention to produce zt tile in which there shell be n multiplicity el grooves each ol which shell have nn open end so as to prevent the poeketingI of the nir, snid grooves being preferably formed with one side sloping und the other side somewhat undercut` thereby providingl numerous short Walls into which the cement will enter and with which it will securely eng-nge.

The accompanying' drawings illustrate n tile embodying my invention:

VFigure l is n perspective view ot' such n tile; lFig. 2 an under side phtn view7 and Fig". 3 u longitudinal sectional View thereol' :it the point indictited by the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

This tile, 2l, is shown with two longitudinal ribs, 22,

neztr upon its` inner surface :md near its center; and l'rom these there extends toward euch edge numerous small lnternl ribs, which terminate n short distance trom the edge ot` the tile, the inner ends et the intervening spaces being closed by the ribs 22, while the outer ends ot' such spaces are open. Suid lateral ribs, 23, :ire preternbly undercut slightly upon one side, while the other side is sloping. lile t'ormed inthis manner irre ensily set in the cement by plucing them against the cement und pushingl them slightly endwise so that the celnent will lock in the spaces between the ribs, ns indicated in Fig. 3.

Having thus t'ully described my seid inventiony what ,l claim its new, und desire to secure by Letters lntent, im#

l. tile huvine' tormed upon its under l'nee n cenlrnl loneitudinnl rib und n plurzility of Intersil)v extending' sepnrnted ribs connected with snid Ioneitudinnl rib nt their inner ends. earch ol' snid ribs lmving' one side undercut :ind the other side beveled in the sume direction, :ind

the outer ends o1' snid ribs unconnected.

'.J. A tile lmving: formed upon ils under l'nee :i eentrnl loneitudinnl rib :1nd n plurnlity et' lnternll)v extending;l selmrnred rios connected with snid lone'tndinnl rib :it their inner ends. eneli ot' said ribs lmvin;y one side undercut und the other side beveled in the sume direction. :1nd the outer ends o1' snid ribs unconnected und ending.: short el' the edge o1` the tile.

ln witness whereot'. l, lmve hereunto setv my lmnd nud senl nt A\nderson, lndinim. this 25th dny o1' October. A. l). one tliousnnd nine hundred und live.

HARRY llAUGll. iL. si'

Witnesses 1 12. t), HAUGII, tti-:onor: LILLY. 

